The Mystery Writer's Apprentice Spellbook

New Year, Old Patterns, New Life!

Something feels stale about the New Year’s resolutions in this new decade: 2020. It think it is my history of failing to keep them! In...

Susan Rowland, Author

Dec 31, 20192 min read

The Last Christmas (2019) movie has had poor reviews. So have many artistic works that become beloved. I loved this movie and think it...

Susan Rowland, Author

Nov 22, 20192 min read

Last week I found my first mention of Brexit in Alice Boatright’s What Child is This? An Ellie Kent mystery set at Christmas complete...

Susan Rowland, Author

Nov 18, 20192 min read

So I am the apprentice, but there is still “Mystery Writer” and “spellbook” to pars. Where I am from (UK), “mystery” is less used to...

Susan Rowland, Author

Oct 23, 20192 min read

This is one of the experiments in my blog with the tongue firmly in the side of the mouth title. I am the Mystery Writer’s apprentice....

Susan Rowland, Author

Sep 14, 20191 min read